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2003.09.16 21:03 "OT: MS Word to TIFF conversion", by Leonard Rosenthol
At 1:36 PM -0700 9/16/03, Loygorri, Fernando wrote: > I've been asked to find a way to convert Microsoft Word files into > TIFF files, so that each page of the original document is turned into > a single image in the generated TIFF file. Why?? > The process must be scriptable and run unattended in a Unix box. Your best bet in that case would be using AbiWord (http://www.abiword.org), which can generate images of the pages directly. Keep in mind that the only software that can reproduce Word files 100% is Word - so if you can't use Word, yuo need to be prepared for less-than-perfect renditions. Oh, and don't forget about fonts... Leonard -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:leonardr@pdfsages.com> Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) 215-629-0789 (fax)